“I forgot the combination.” A comment I overheard in the ladies locker room at the local Y. The facility had just opened the locker rooms after more than a … Continue reading The Right Combination by Nancy Kimball
Ode to this Desk by Amy Quinn
This desk isn’t much to look at. It’s not a show-stopper like the one behind me: blond maple with a black laminate in-laid surface, two wings that fold out, and … Continue reading Ode to this Desk by Amy Quinn
Sight Unseen by Joni Youse
You are the second thing I reach foreach morning, rolling overstill cocooned in the last few moments of sleep.Metal appendage, glass covered in fingerprints.Mine, yours, a third.Needed to correct a … Continue reading Sight Unseen by Joni Youse
Seeds Of Gratitude by Mary Perrin Scott
The month is MarchPackets of possibility arriveThe seed trays are waitingCarefully little seedsAre planted in the trayOf cups. Gently watered The sunroom nurturesTheir daily growth withWarmth of early spring sunUp … Continue reading Seeds Of Gratitude by Mary Perrin Scott
Ode to My Coffee Maker by T. Mary Tallon
Oh classic Cuisinart coffee maker, how I adore theeFor each morning you beckon me out of slumberWith your, not too loud so as to wake the whole house beepsCalling, “come … Continue reading Ode to My Coffee Maker by T. Mary Tallon
Ode to our kitchen table by Kathy Barlow
We gathered round the kitchen table,Complete with six strong chairs,Confident we had learnt the fableOf how a family fares.Built from ash hewn miles away,When furniture was built to last.Heavy wood … Continue reading Ode to our kitchen table by Kathy Barlow
STACKS FROM TREES by Duane L. Herrmann
It is paper,it is treeschewed upreconstitutedinto thin, flat sheetsthat fill my roomin stacks and stackswith little order,but they are minechosen by mefor some purposeI may, or may not,remember.No one can … Continue reading STACKS FROM TREES by Duane L. Herrmann
The Vagaries of Memory by Leslie Sittner
Memory dissolves life eventsor freezes them in timeor floods them with confusionor drowns them in denial Memory can chip away at consciencecan harden the heartcan burden the braincan strangle the … Continue reading The Vagaries of Memory by Leslie Sittner
Goodbye Daddy by Joni Youse
I don’t dare to stay long...I said to the mirrorI never wanted tosay goodbye to youI never wanted youto see me cryYou are goneyet you are hereIn my heartIn my … Continue reading Goodbye Daddy by Joni Youse